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Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:27 pm
by The Tick
No idea if this has been discussed before.
On the forums there is an occasional trend for two posters to quote each other in quick succession, leaing to posts which are so big in size due to multiple quotes in a chains.
If I get caught up in one such chain, I try to cut it up by starting a fresh post in response to the person I'm debating.
Nonetheless such chains can be difficult to read especially if people read it from a smartphone.
I notice on other message boards that quotes are shortened with the option to expand if a reader wants to see the full body of text for each quote in the chain, and contractable again at discretion.
Is it possible to enable such a function on talkforum? To make reading threads a bit more comfortable.
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:34 pm
by delboy1983
Have been saying this for long enough.Copy and paste the section your response is about and add your response.
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:19 pm
by The Ghost of Alex Higgins
Oh no, never mentioned before, no
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:50 pm
by Sadact7
delboy1983 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:34 pm
Have been saying this for long enough.Copy and paste the section your response is about and add your response.
Derek, you fuck it up every time you attempt to do it. You giving that advice is equivalent to OJ Simpson offering relationship counselling.
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 6:55 am
by beingsoblase
The Tick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:27 pm
No idea if this has been discussed before.
On the forums there is an occasional trend for two posters to quote each other in quick succession, leaing to posts which are so big in size due to multiple quotes in a chains.
If I get caught up in one such chain, I try to cut it up by starting a fresh post in response to the person I'm debating.
Nonetheless such chains can be difficult to read especially if people read it from a smartphone.
I notice on other message boards that quotes are shortened with the option to expand if a reader wants to see the full body of text for each quote in the chain, and contractable again at discretion.
Is it possible to enable such a function on talkforum? To make reading threads a bit more comfortable.
Adding one fucking smiley to quote chains, or even a separate reply should be punishable by a week's ban
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 7:27 am
by delboy1983
Sadact7 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 11:50 pm
delboy1983 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:34 pm
Have been saying this for long enough.Copy and paste the section your response is about and add your response.
Derek, you fuck it up every time you attempt to do it. You giving that advice is equivalent to OJ Simpson offering relationship counselling.
Moi !!
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:46 pm
by mark
The Tick wrote: ↑Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:27 pm
No idea if this has been discussed before.
On the forums there is an occasional trend for two posters to quote each other in quick succession, leaing to posts which are so big in size due to multiple quotes in a chains.
If I get caught up in one such chain, I try to cut it up by starting a fresh post in response to the person I'm debating.
Nonetheless such chains can be difficult to read especially if people read it from a smartphone.
I notice on other message boards that quotes are shortened with the option to expand if a reader wants to see the full body of text for each quote in the chain, and contractable again at discretion.
Is it possible to enable such a function on talkforum? To make reading threads a bit more comfortable.
will have a look and see what options are available.
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:44 am
by Zambo
If I quote a post in a thread and it has multiple quotes, I just leave the top user name and delete all of the rest and their quotes, just leaving the last post before adding mine.
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:37 pm
by The Tick
Zambo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:44 am
If I quote a post in a thread and it has multiple quotes, I just leave the top user name and delete all of the rest and their quotes, just leaving the last post before adding mine.
That's what I'd do but as I post from a smartphone that becomes a really laborious thing.
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 12:34 am
by Roddy
There is something fucked up with the quotes or is this the new way ?
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 12:36 am
by Roddy
The Tick wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 9:37 pm
Zambo wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 7:44 am
If I quote a post in a thread and it has multiple quotes, I just leave the top user name and delete all of the rest and their quotes, just leaving the last post before adding mine.
That's what I'd do but as I post from a smartphone that becomes a really laborious thing.
This is your fault.
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 7:09 pm
by subsub
Looks like previous threads in a post have a little scroll bar in them.
Much better than these hugely long posts that take up tons on space.
Thank you to whoever has implemented this
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:21 am
by The Ghost of Alex Higgins
It looks on a phone like it's cut short with no warning
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:51 am
by gheko
I don't get a scroll bar, just cuts it off.
Picture is clickable.
Re: Quote chains taking up too much space
Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2020 7:39 pm
by mark
gheko wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:51 am
I don't get a scroll bar, just cuts it off.
Picture is clickable.
What are you using to browse the forum?